A team of frontline utility workers from Trinidad and Tobago has earned widespread public praise and the title of heroes after pulling a newborn infant and multiple other trapped people out of an engulfed residential or commercial structure in Port of Spain, the country’s capital. The quick-thinking, brave group belongs to the Distribution North Emergency Crew of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC), the state-owned power provider that has publicly celebrated its employees’ life-saving actions in an official announcement.
In the formal statement released to the public, the national power commission highlighted that it holds extreme pride in the emergency team, who dropped their routine tasks and reacted without hesitation to the unfolding emergency to assist with the rescue operation. When confronted with the extreme hazards of a working structure fire, the crew demonstrated decisive judgment and prioritized saving human life over their own personal safety, traits that the commission says it is honored to recognize. “We commend them for their quick thinking and selfless action in the face of danger,” the statement reads.
The full roster of the heroic crew has been released to the public: it includes lead engineer Crystal Moe, senior field supervisors Odell Wickham and Gary Cyrille, crew supervisor Vidyanand Kanhai, three line maintenance workers A Robert Nicholls, Akeem Demming and Xavier Lake, and aerial lift operator Eric Williams. T&TEC has also announced plans to share official photographs of the full team with the public once all members return to their regular assigned duties after the rescue operation.
As of the latest update, additional details about the root cause of the blaze, the extent of damage to the building, and the current medical condition of the people rescued by the crew have not yet been released to media outlets or the general public.